Suit claims voting system risky in S.C.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina election officials are accused in a new lawsuit of failing to keep the state’s voting processes secure.

The State newspaper reported that the suit filed Tuesday said the South Carolina Election Commission has deprived South Carolinians of their constitutional right to vote by failing to provide a reliable voting system.

The suit, filed by a businessman and a former state lawmaker, claims that thousands of digital voting machines used in the state are antiquated, leave no paper trail and have “deep security flaws” making them vulnerable to hacking.

Commission Executive Director Marci Andino told the newspaper she hadn’t seen the lawsuit and had no comment.

Andino said the commission knows its voting machines are near the end of their 15-year life cycle and wants to replace them before the 2020 presidential election.

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